The Livermore-Amador Valley Water Management Agency (LAVWMA) is a joint powers
agency created in 1974 by the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton and the Dublin
San Ramon Services District for the purpose of discharging their treated wastewater
to San Francisco Bay. Operations began in September 1979 with expansions in
1983, 1987 and 2003 bringing it to its current maximum discharge capacity of
41.2 mgd. The wastewater is conveyed via a 16-mile pipeline from Pleasanton
to San Leandro and enters the East Bay Dischargers Authority (EBDA) system
for dechlorination and discharge through a deepwater outfall to the San Francisco
Bay.